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Third-party payment for non-therapeutic circumcision is not presently available anywhere in Canada.<ref name="jamesloewen2019">[[James Loewen]] (2019). Personal communication.</ref> Parents who wish to have a son circumcised must pay out-of-pocket for the costs of the circumcision.<ref name="rediger-muller2013">{{REFjournal
[[Third-party payment]] for non-therapeutic circumcision is not presently available anywhere in Canada.<ref name="jamesloewen2019">[[James Loewen]] (2019). Personal communication.</ref> Parents who wish to have a son circumcised must pay out-of-pocket for the costs of the circumcision.<ref name="rediger-muller2013">{{REFjournal
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As of 2019, third-party payment for circumcision is not available in Canada. Moreover, non-therapeutic circumcision is not done in hospitals,<ref name="jamesloewen2019" /> so parents who want to have a boy circumcised must take the boy to the surgery of a practitioner who specializes in non-therapeutic male circumcision, and furthermore must pay out of pocket. For example, the cost of circumcision of a newborn boy in New Brunswick is C$425 ranging up to C$1500 for a teenager or adult.<ref>{{REFweb
As of 2019, [[third-party payment]] for circumcision is not available in Canada. Moreover, non-therapeutic circumcision is not done in hospitals,<ref name="jamesloewen2019" /> so parents who want to have a boy circumcised must take the boy to the surgery of a practitioner who specializes in non-therapeutic male circumcision, and furthermore must pay out of pocket. For example, the cost of circumcision of a newborn boy in New Brunswick is C$425 ranging up to C$1500 for a teenager or adult.<ref>{{REFweb
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  |title=Circumcision Pricing & Insurance Coverage
  |title=Circumcision Pricing & Insurance Coverage